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1. quoteinvestigator.com › 2016/10/18 › fish-bicycleA Woman Without a Man Is Like a Fish Without a Bicycle

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   Oct 18, 2016 · She says she wrote it in at least two toilets in 1970, spinning it off from something in one of her textbooks— “Man without God is like a fish without a bicycle.”. Dunn was located in Sydney, Australia, and the earliest known newspaper citation appeared in that same city in January 1975.

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3. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › a_woman_without_a_man_isa woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle

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   A well-known feminist slogan coined in 1970 by the Australian filmmaker, social activist, and writer Irina Dunn (born 1948); according to her recollection, adapted from the phrase “A man needs God like a fish needs a bicycle” which she read in a philosophical text. The original phrase appears to be “A man without faith is like a fish without a bicy...

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   (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ə ˈwʊmən wɪðˌaʊt ə ˈmæn ɪz laɪk ə ˈfɪʃ wɪðˌaʊt ə ˈbaɪsɪkl̩/

   (General American) IPA(key): /ə ˈwʊmən wɪðˌaʊt ə ˈmæn ɪz laɪk ə ˈfɪʃ wɪðˌaʊt ə ˈbaɪˌsɪkəl/

   Hyphenation: a wo‧man with‧out a man is like a fish with‧out a bi‧cyc‧le

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   a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle 1. (figuratively, humorous, simile) A woman is capable of living a complete and independent life without a man. [from 1970] 1.1. 1975 January 25, “Column 8”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 42,779, Sydney, N.S.W.: John Fairfax & Sons, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 8: 1.1.1. We found this an...

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4. www.huffpost.com › entry › ways-gloria-steinem23 Ways Gloria Steinem Taught Us To Be Better Women - HuffPost

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   • "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
   • "Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. "
   • "God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back. "
   • "Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself. "

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   What is a fish without a bicycle?

   • Her latest project has been curating the Village’s International Women’s Day exhibition, ‘A Fish Without A Bicycle’, which runs from March 9 to 14 and celebrates women supporting women in a humorous response to the slogan ‘a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle’.

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   Is a man without faith like a fish without a bicycle?

   • The original phrase appears to be “A man without faith is like a fish without a bicycle”, coined by Charles S. Harris in 1955 and published in a 1958 article in the Swarthmore Phoenix.

   a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle

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   Did a woman need a man like a fish needs a bicycle?

   • But by 1970, an Australian university student, Irina Dunn, turned the phrase around. She wrote “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle,” on the doors of two public toilets in Sydney. It quickly became adopted as one of the most witty and direct expressions of 1970s feminism.

   Gloria Steinem: A Woman Needs a Man Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle

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   Who said a woman without a man is like a fish?

   • It was Florynce Kennedy, the feminist lawyer, who said “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” Now you can get that saying on a button. Nigel Rees, a BBC broadcaster and quotation specialist, explored this saying and shared his findings in the 2001 reference “Cassell’s Humorous Quotations”.

   A Woman Without a Man Is Like a Fish Without a Bicycle

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   Feb 10, 2009 · A Woman Without a Man is Like a Fish Without a Bicycle Paperback – February 10, 2009. by Margie Melvin (Author) 3.5 3 ratings. See all formats and editions. Paperback. $10.95 1 Used from $7.59 7 New from $7.60. A humorous reflection about men, based on 25 years of dating and marriage. Length. 68. Pages. Language. EN. English.

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7. professorbuzzkill.com › 2017/03/13 › gloria-steinemGloria Steinem: A Woman Needs a Man Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle

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   Mar 13, 2017 · The phrase, “a man without faith is like a fish without a bicycle,” first appeared in the Swarthmore College magazine, Phoenix, in April 1958. Through the 1960s, if you saw the phrase at all, you would have seen it as “a man without a woman is like a fish without a bicycle.

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9. www.phrases.org.uk › meanings › a-woman-needs-a-manA woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle - Phrasefinder

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   “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle” is a feminist slogan, humorously expressing the view that a woman can live her life perfectly well without a man. Origin – the short version. This feminist slogan has often been attributed to either Gloria Steinem but was in fact coined by Irina Dunn in 1970. Origin – the full story.

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    It advocates for women to embrace their autonomy, pursue their passions, and navigate life's journey independently, just as a fish thrives in its natural habitat without the need for a bicycle. This perspective challenges the historical narrative that has often portrayed women as incomplete or inadequate without a male partner.